Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The B&W is much more graphic, dramatic, and satisfying. The color is just ho-hum. > You know how it is. You take a bunch of pictures while traveling. Then you > get tired and don't scan all the good ones. > > This week I returned to the images of my Italian trip in the spring of > 2001. This image was taken in a church next to the Rialto Bridge, on the > San Marco side of the Grand Canal. An orchestra that specializes in > Vivaldi (who else?) is headquartered there, and the church has a fantastic > collection of string instruments on display. I took many shots of those, > but also this one: > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/italy/MadonChildChant.htm > > M4-P, 35mm pre-ASPH Summicron, 1/30 or 1/15 at f/2. Kodak Supra 400, > desaturated. Best viewed full screen. > > The lighting was weird--very dim, and a mix of incandescent and bluish > light. I made the B&W version by running the color scan through a > (digital) blue filter. It made a more dramatic picture, and brought out > the features on the statues. You can see original the color version by > clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. > > Which version do you like better? > > --Peter Klein > Seattle, WA > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html